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Bing Claims

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043788
MRDS ID M231069
Record type Site
Current site name Bing Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.63018, 39.83295 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fraser Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 021E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.63018, 39.83295
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Structure.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. American Rockwell
    First year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN-URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR WITH IRON OXIDES IN A BRECCIATED NORTHWEST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE. WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. AN ORE SAMPLE COLLECTED BY AEC GEOLOGISTS RAN 2.13% U3O8 BY RADIOMETRIC ASSAY, TWO OTHER SAMPLES RAN 0.016 AND 0.036 PERCENT U3O8 (BONHAM, P 86)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF GEOL & MIN DEP OF WASHOE & STOREY CO'S, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, LJ, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM RECON RPT 3779

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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